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Picture label & audio samples : eBay (sprydiddle)



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Listed in the American Song-Poems Music Archives

Chuck Jones is the same singer as Sammy Marshall, Sonny Marshall, et al. One of his best, perhaps.

Both sides were compiled by Stomper Time Records on the Fernwood Rhythm 'n' Blues CD.

Earl Forest - Drummer and singer who was one of the legendary "Beale Streeters", an informal group of friends that formed in the early 50's and played on each other's recordings and included R&B stars Bobby Bland, Johnny Ace, Junior Parker and Rosco Gordon, who played on several of B.B. King's famous sessions (including "Three O'Clock Blues'), and who had a top 10 R&B hit in 1953 with "Whoopin" and Hollerin''.

According to Robert "Nighthawk" Tooms : " Earl and I became fast friends, with me asking him stories about the glory days of Memphis blues and his exploits on the road. I learned that he was the first black audio engineer in our area and that he had worked for Duke and Peacock Records even before Don Robey purchased the label. Earl would say, “Son, I was recording with 3 tracks at Main and Winchester when [Sam] Phillips [of Sun Records] didn't have but two!” Earl signed many famous blues artists while acting as Engineer and A&R man for Duke and Peacock Records."

"Earl told me that a young Elvis Presley had asked to sit in with his band during a break on Beale and that he had threatened to fire any of them who would not do so. He said they didn't have any problems with Elvis, but they just wanted "to go take their break and get drunk." Blues trumpeter Gene "Bowlegs" Miller was in Earl's band at this time and Elvis attributed many of his stage moves to copying the stylings of Bowlegs. Earl had huge respect for all musicians and artists of any age and Earl really liked Elvis. "

Earl Forest recorded in Memphis and Houston for Duke, Flair and Meteor.

He died Feb. 26, 2003 of cancer in Memphis at age 76.


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1967 garage. "I See the Light" was written by Elliot Chiprut, perhaps best known for writing the classic “Simon Says” for the 1910 Fruitgum Co. Flip is the Rascals tune.

The Trail label was the in-house label of Tri-State recordings Co., Ford Henry Drive, Kingsport TN
Owned by Tilford Salyer, the studio recorded all the popular Southern Gospel artists of that day. His son, Rick Salyer, and his producer, the late Bobby All, both became household names among Nashville recording studios.

Acc by Jimmy Nixon, Bryan Adams, Jack Willis, Harold Sheffield, Stan Bowman.
Recorded Joe Morrell Recording Studios, Bristol, Tennessee.

Joe Morrell (1934 - 2006) was a native of Bristol. He was a musician, playing professionally as a young man with country music bands in New England and locally with Curly King on the WCYB "Farm and Fun Time" radio program in the 1950s. He sometimes performed using the stage name 'Herbie Hootenauger'.

In 1960 he founded the Joe Morrell Music Store in Bristol, and later organized the Joe Morrell Music Distributing Co. which supplies music products to retailers throughout the U.S.


In the 1980s Joe designed and built the landmark “Grand Guitar” just off Interstate 81’s exit 74A in Bristol. The Grand Guitar, 70 feet long and three stories tall, currently houses a country music museum. In 1989 Morrell purchased radio station WOPI, the oldest station between Knoxville, Tenn. and Roanoke, Va., which he re-located to the Grand Guitar building.

Obituary 1 - 2

14259 - Out Where The Coyotes Howl (wr Ruth Ellen White -Donald O'Hare)
14260 - Strumming The Old Guitar

Song-poem record, not listed in ASPMA

24455 - Sad Sad Feeling (Wr Ralph Stewart)
24456 - Her Mama Won't Leave Us Alone (Wr Eddie James)

Soul produced by Al White.

Eddie James had also two singles on King Records in 1972.

Other Startown releases (Eva Larse & the Jaguars, Jessie Clay) have a Memphis address.

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18087 – Talk To Your Heart (James E.Hensley)
18088 - If You Were my Darling

Country on a Livingston, Tennessee label. Atwell Studio production

The Atwell Studio (then RS Recording Service) was located in nearby Lafayette, TN and owned by Loryn Atwell. The studio operated his own label, Atwell records, of which the first release was by The Pedigo Brothers in 1959. It seems that most of the releases on the label were custom recordings (country & gospel).




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15559 – Windin’ Road
15560 – I Don’t Care Anymore

Dave & Alida Owens with Monroe Queener, Carlos Henderson, “Red” Harris

Bluegrass.